Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

[Armando]

Ok, so I'm reading this thread in Allakhazam and something catches my eye.

I play with a 100% spell interruption down set on my WHM a little and can assure you there's no cap on it. Also, Aquaveil is 25%. No interruptions casting utsusemi as /nin. No interruptions casting blink/stoneskin. Can be fun/useful.

Can anyone confirm?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

How does one achive 100% Aquaveil to start with? That would be my question.

The OP speculated the gear setup, but Delvaan didn't really say what his was.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

Don't really know if there is test result from rigorous testing, but this Japanese site casually mentions on its Spell Interruption page:

しかし実際には100%にしていても敵に殴られてä¸æ–が起きることから、詠唱ä¸æ–率低減にはã‚ャップがå˜åœ¨ã™ã‚‹èª¬ã‚„ [ ... ]

Which I think means something like:

In reality, even with 100% [spell interruptation rate down], interruption happens when enemy is beating on player, so it's theorized there's a [SIR down] cap.

p.s. Japanese text on FFXIonline looks slightly messed up on my browser, except when I'm editing it. /sigh Look at the original site if you see '??' in my quotes/indents.

[Armando]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

How does one achive 100% Aquaveil to start with? That would be my question.

Without resorting the Aquaveil, the gear would look something like this...

Eremite's Wand x2 (25% x2)
Healer's Duckbills/+1 (20%/25%)
Willpower Torque (5%)
Druid's Rope (10%)

We're up to 85% with NQ AF, 90% with HQ. Merits add another 8%. The remaining 7-2% can be made up for with Magnetic Earring OR Ninurta's Sash.

Interesting bit of info Itazura, thanks. I AM skeptical, that's why I made the thread, lol.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

If I had the patience, I can probably take my RDM/WHM out and keep casting Reraise and cancel it before completion while some low level critter beat on me.

That may be a good starting point to test baseline SIR, though I happen to be crazy and have one SIR- merit. >_>; (Maybe Kaeko can be bothered to test this, after the Cure/Damage enmity formulas are made; he'll be able to do a better job of testing, and actually do the statistic analysis, too.)

Edit:
We need that "Game Mechanism" sub-forum. >_>b

[Armando]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

That'd be lovely, I can't use Eremite's Wands on PLD and that really screws over my ability to test.

A spell your job doesn't natively have skill for would be preferable though (/BLU?)

As for the game mechanics sub-forum, looks like we can use the Wiki for that.

[Pteryx]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

A low mob beating on you may not do it. From what I've seen, I'm less likely to be interrupted when I'm hit for a small amount than when I'm hit for a large amount. Still, I'm not an expert on the mechanic either... -- Pteryx

[Callisto]

Re: Spell Interruption Rate -100%?

A low mob beating on you may not do it. From what I've seen, I'm more likely to be interrupted when I'm hit for a small amount than when I'm hit for a large amount. Still, I'm not an expert on the mechanic either... -- Pteryx

I'm not sure if there's a certain cutoff point, but certainly there is a difference made by how much damage you take, a mob needs to lay a decent smack on you in order to interrupt a spell that you have a high skill in, Phalanx makes a huge difference as a residual effect in this manner. I can fire off Stoneskin/Raise/whatever aside from Ninjutsu very easily with 10 Campaign mobs or 4-5 Easy Prety beating on me, however a single shot from a DC/EM that lays a solid 40-70 damage per hit on me is likely to interrupt a long spell

I personally highly believe that there is a hard cap on Spell Interruption Down, seeing as how your Skill level is also supposed to play a role in your interruption rate, it'd be too easy to get a theoretical "100% Interruption Down" set.